Toy.



No, 035,550. PATENTED Nov. 13, 1005.

P. M'JMAHON.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.31.1906.

H' 5 ll/ 5 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 1906.

Application filed August 31, 1906. Serial No. 332,776,

To all whom, it may concern: Be it known that I, PATRICK MoMAnoN, citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in toys; and the object is to provide a toy which is novel, cheap to manufacture, and one which is harmless in its use, so that the youngest child may be free to use it and be entertained thereby with little or no danger of being injured by the use thereof, at the same time, owing to the construction thereof, a suitable space is provided thereon to be used for advertising purposes.

With the foregoing'object in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts,which will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is an opposite view of the device, showing the concave cap on the end thereof. Fig. 3 is a view of the concave cap, and Fig. 4 is a view of the ball.

A is a conical-shaped barrel rovided with the opening 1 in the small end t ereof.

2 is a woven-wire gage or netting secured on the up er part of the enlarged barrel portion who has been cut away, so that the ball may be visible within the-barrel.

3 is a concave cap provided with a round opening 4. This opening 4 is of slightly larger diameter than the opening 1 of the barrel. The cap is also provided with a flange 5, ada ted to snugly fit over the enlarged end of tfie concave barrel A.

6 is a round ball.

The device is operative as follows: The ball 6 is dropped within the barrel A through the opening 4 of the cap 3, which cap is secured by any suitable means on the enlarged end of the barrel A. The small end 1 of the barrel A is placed in the mouth and the device held at an angle, so that the ball 6 will occupy the position in the barrel as indicated by the dotted lines 7. A sharp quick blow of air is blown through the opening 1, by reason of which the ball 6 is dislodged and forced toward the opening 4, the object being to blow the ball through the o ening 4. That this object may be more easi y accomplished the barrel A is slightly bent at 8, which causes the ball to ascend in its flight and makes allowance to a certain degree for its descent by the time it reaches the opening.

The device may be manufactured from sheet metal or a paper composition, and any thin trans arent material, such as sheetmica, may e substituted for the wire-gauze. Thle ball may be made of any suitable materia Slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the s irit and scope of my invention, and hence do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction as herein set forth; but,

Having described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a toy substantially as herein described, comprising a conicalshaped barrel, of a'circular hole in the smaller end thereof, of a concave cap provided with a circular opening therein and secured on the larger end of said barrel, of a ball within the barrel for the purpose as herein set forth.

2. The combination of a toy substantially as herein described, comprising a conicalshaped barrel, of a portion of the barrel cut away and covered with woven-wire gauze, of a circular hole in the smaller end thereof, of a concave cap provided with a circular opening therein and secured on the larger end of the said barrel, of a ball within the barrel for the purpose as herein set forth.

3. The combination of a barrel substantially as herein described, of a circular hole within the smaller end portion, of a concave cap provided with a circular opening therein secured on the larger end thereof, of a ball within the barrel for the purpose as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK MOMLAHON.

Witnesses:

E. WALTON BREWINGTON, GEO. MoRAE. 

